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The young man has a bookish air, bright eyes, and is gentle and peaceful, just like the tall weeping willow on the river bank, obedient but unyielding.

Han Shian bowed to Li Zhaodi who brought him out.

"My condolences. If you need my help in the future, please let me know."

Li Ruyi's heart ached for no reason. She stood outside the yard in a daze, looking at the figure walking out of the room through the fence. The past that she had not dared to recall for many years came flooding back to her heart.

In her previous life, when Sun was still alive and her eldest sister was still at home, she didn't like to work and was always hungry, so she went to the river to pick wild duck eggs under the pretext of going to the fields. By chance, she found Han Shian hiding and reading a book upstream.

Han Shian had a bad reputation and the villagers were unwilling to associate with him.

But Li Ruyi didn't care about those things. She would often call people standing on high places to help her check where the wild ducks that were nesting had been scared away by her.

Han Shian always cooperated with a smile, but he made mistakes eight out of ten times of giving instructions, and occasionally he would fall into the river.

Later, her eldest sister passed away and her life became difficult, with endless work to do every day.

The boy who was studying upstream came down, and secretly helped her fetch water and put fertilizer on the field while it was dark...

People who don't know how to do farm work always make jokes. Li Ruyi laughed at him and was grateful to him at the same time.

It was obvious that the two of them did not have any romantic thoughts at that time. They acted according to their own hearts and were restricted by etiquette.

But when she recalled these things in times of hardship, she could not control the joy in her heart.

Later, she was sold to a brothel by Li Zhuzi and went to the provincial capital.

At first she couldn't sing any ditties and was dark-skinned, so she could only do menial tasks as a waiter. Her master had a bad temper and looked down on her and disliked her age, often beating her for not doing her job well.

There were always bruises on her arms and back from being hit by bamboo sticks.

Li Zhuzi never cared about her life or death. Every month on the due date, he would come to her to ask for money. If she didn't give him money, he would say he would sell the third child to a brothel.

Li Ruyi couldn't bear to leave her sister, and Li Zhuzi refused to listen to any persuasion. After working hard for a whole year, they could only save thirty or fifty dollars.

If it weren't for the protection of her master's wife and her talent, her time would have been even more difficult.

At that time, Han Shian was also studying in the provincial capital. The income from ten acres of land was enough for an ordinary family, but it would be a bit stretched if he was studying.

He copied books every day and cleaned the academy in order to get more books to read.

If he occasionally made a little money, that would be a rare thing. He would come to Li Ruyi happily, bringing some food and his recent good news.

If Li Ruyi saw that a customer had some snacks left over, she would often share some with him.

They would run to the back alleys of brothels, sit on the roof of a deserted courtyard and look at the sky. Even if they didn't talk, even if they could only stay there for the time of an incense stick, they always felt that there was hope in life.

Both of them are equally poor, equally hard-working, equally stranded in foreign lands, equally lonely and helpless, but they also live tenaciously and are full of expectations for the future.

At that time, they each had their own ideals.

Li Ruyi wants to earn money to redeem herself, while Han Shian wants to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar.

Li Ruyi thought that after he redeemed himself, he would find a place similar to Sanjia Village to settle down, buy a piece of land, raise a few chickens, and watch the sunrise and sunset.

Han Shian looked at her and said that if he passed the exam, he could teach and educate people, and he could also register other people's land...

Whenever Li Ruyi heard this, she would cheat and register her own land under Han Shian's name. She also asked Han Shian not to collect any money from her for registering her land under her name in the future. She also said that she wanted to occupy all of Xiucai Gong's 80 acres of land and become a small landlord.

Han Shian always refused, saying that he could only give Li Ruyi half because the other half was for himself...

Later, Li Ruyi finally got on stage with her own efforts and her master's stick, and her dark face became white.

It is said that girls change a lot when they grow up. Li Ruyi changed from a dark little girl in the village into a red rose with thorns.

She is bright and generous, good at getting along with everyone, able to put aside her pride and act well, and more and more people come to her.

As your popularity increases, you will have some money.

Her master still looked down on her, but for the sake of money he beat her less and less often.

However, Li Zhuzi's appetite was growing, and he was becoming more and more greedy.

The elders of the clan coaxed money out of Li Zhuzi while teaching him how to control Li Ruyi.

If the hen that laid the golden eggs was not squeezed to death, how could it be spared by those blood-sucking leeches?

At first, Li Zhuzi wanted whatever Li Ruyi gave him, but later he simply brought people to search her room.

All the money that Li Ruyi had worked hard to save for many years was snatched away by Li Zhuzi.

She cried and wanted to get the money back, but was met with merciless ridicule from the people around her. Li Zhuzi showed no regard for family affection at all, and because she kept chasing him, he even attacked her.

When Han Shian came over after hearing the news, she had already been beaten by Li Zhuzi, with her mouth cracked, her nose bruised and her face swollen, and her arm broken.

She was penniless and had to rely on the clinic that Han Shian sent her to. It took her more than a month to recover before she could perform again.

Since then, she has stopped saving money!

She began to eat well, dress well, and give Han Shian some money for books from time to time.

Li Zhuzi could no longer rob her of her money because she was in contact with several young masters in the city. She led the people Li Zhuzi brought with her to be beaten up, and only then did their lives become peaceful.

Unfortunately, this peaceful time did not last long, as the third brother was sold by Li Zhuzi to someone for a wedding, and was even dragged away to be sacrificed alive.

On the day Li Ruyi received the news, Han Shian was taking the exam in the Imperial Academy.

But when Han Shian came out, Li Ruyi had already become the concubine of the second son of the Zhao family.

A few days changed the fate of many people.

Li Ruyi redeemed herself but not on her own.

The third brother died before she could make it.

When they met again, Han Shian had become Han Xiucai!

Li Ruyi asked him what his future plans were.

Han Shian was silent for a long time before he replied that he would continue his studies in the future.

They seemed to have achieved what they were pursuing, but they could no longer sit on the shabby roof of the desolate courtyard to enjoy the breeze and look at the sky.

Han Shian asked her, are you living well now?

Li Ruyi didn't know how to answer and thought for a long time before speaking.

She said that the Second Young Master Zhao was very considerate, and that the Second Madam Zhao was easier to serve than the Master. She also said that they were all servants’ jobs, and all they wanted was food, clothing, shelter, and three meals a day, so where...what difference did it make?

When she said this, she remembered that the falling apricot blossoms landed on Han Shian's shoulders. She seemed to move her fingers, but in the end she did not dare to reach out and brush them away.

They parted ways, as if they were about to withdraw from each other's lives.

Li Ruyi originally thought that she would never see him again in this life.

But they still met again more than ten years later.